From: sashiko-bot@kernel.org
To: "Thomas Hellström" <thomas.hellstrom@linux.intel.com>
Cc: intel-xe@lists.freedesktop.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 1/2] drm/xe: Track number of populated ttm_tts in the shrinker
Date: Fri, 14 Aug 2026 14:56:21 +0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260814145622.0E5771F000E9@smtp.kernel.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260814143737.49684-2-thomas.hellstrom@linux.intel.com>
Thank you for your contribution! Sashiko AI review found 1 potential issue(s) to consider:
Pre-existing issues:
- [High] Double subtraction of shrinker accounts (including the new populated_tts) during nested external pins.
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--- Patch [1]: [PATCH v2 1/2] drm/xe: Track number of populated ttm_tts in the shrinker ---
commit 96b66a44985d6775af6634dd1b400406d1705547
Author: Thomas Hellström <thomas.hellstrom@linux.intel.com>
drm/xe: Track number of populated ttm_tts in the shrinker
This commit introduces a populated_tts counter to the xe shrinker to track
the number of shrinkable or purgeable ttm_tt objects. It modifies
xe_ttm_tt_account_add() and xe_ttm_tt_account_subtract() to increment and
decrement this new counter alongside existing page accounting. Additionally,
it updates xe_shrinker_mod_pages() to handle the new tts delta.
> diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/xe/xe_bo.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/xe/xe_bo.c
> index dde309821237b..0ddc1d13d6ba6 100644
> --- a/drivers/gpu/drm/xe/xe_bo.c
> +++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/xe/xe_bo.c
> @@ -450,9 +450,9 @@ static void xe_ttm_tt_account_subtract(struct xe_device *xe, struct ttm_tt *tt)
> struct xe_ttm_tt *xe_tt = container_of(tt, struct xe_ttm_tt, ttm);
>
> if (xe_tt->purgeable)
> - xe_shrinker_mod_pages(xe->mem.shrinker, 0, -(long)tt->num_pages);
> + xe_shrinker_mod_pages(xe->mem.shrinker, 0, -(long)tt->num_pages, -1);
> else
> - xe_shrinker_mod_pages(xe->mem.shrinker, -(long)tt->num_pages, 0);
> + xe_shrinker_mod_pages(xe->mem.shrinker, -(long)tt->num_pages, 0, -1);
> }
[Severity: High]
This is a pre-existing issue, but won't the new populated_tts counter also
underflow here when external DMA-bufs are pinned multiple times?
In xe_bo_pin_external(), the BO is unconditionally subtracted from the
shrinker tracking even if it is already pinned:
ttm_bo_pin(&bo->ttm);
if (bo->ttm.ttm && ttm_tt_is_populated(bo->ttm.ttm))
xe_ttm_tt_account_subtract(xe, bo->ttm.ttm);
Similarly, xe_bo_unpin_external() unconditionally adds it back without
checking if bo->ttm.pin_count actually reached 0:
ttm_bo_unpin(&bo->ttm);
if (bo->ttm.ttm && ttm_tt_is_populated(bo->ttm.ttm))
xe_ttm_tt_account_add(xe, bo->ttm.ttm);
If a userspace process imports an external DMA-buf and maps/pins it multiple
times, xe_ttm_tt_account_subtract() is called for every pin, and
xe_ttm_tt_account_add() for every unpin. Since xe_ttm_tt_account_add() was
only called once upon initial population, the nested subtractions cause an
underflow.
Could this lead to the shrinker fields, including the new populated_tts,
becoming massive positive numbers when evaluated as unsigned long in
xe_shrinker_count(), potentially misleading kswapd to continuously scan
and consume 100% CPU?
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Sashiko AI review · https://sashiko.dev/#/patchset/20260814143737.49684-1-thomas.hellstrom@linux.intel.com?part=1
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-08-14 14:56 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 7+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-08-14 14:37 [PATCH v2 0/2] drm/xe: Adjust the bo shrinker batch size Thomas Hellström
2026-08-14 14:37 ` [PATCH v2 1/2] drm/xe: Track number of populated ttm_tts in the shrinker Thomas Hellström
2026-08-14 14:56 ` sashiko-bot [this message]
2026-08-14 14:37 ` [PATCH v2 2/2] drm/xe: Update shrinker batch size based on average BO size Thomas Hellström
2026-08-14 14:45 ` sashiko-bot
2026-08-14 15:17 ` ✓ CI.KUnit: success for drm/xe: Adjust the bo shrinker batch size (rev2) Patchwork
2026-08-14 16:14 ` ✗ Xe.CI.BAT: failure " Patchwork
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